Comments by "Voryn Rosethorn" (@vorynrosethorn903) on "Soviet Storm review, German Strategy 1942, History Education and more! 9 random questions about WW2" video.

  1. On the point of individuals and also elites I feel like it is worthwhile to spilt hairs. In the case of elites there are certain people who dominate it some sections and others do not have the time to be Jack of all trades and thus must submit to their expertise and leadership, depending on who such people come to their positions the actual worth of such people can vary greatly, however most people do not have the knowledge to evaluate this and thus can't perceive whether they are good or bad, unfortunately they largely believe what they are told. Getting rid of the elite as a concept is unfeasible as without authority people have a nasty habit of behaving like headless chickens when a fox gets into the coop (and generally have a great deal of trouble coordinating on anything) however the nature of power means that the elite will become fox's themselves due to a lack of accountability and the reliance of their victims upon them. The other solution is now the elite are filtered out from society, democracy self-selects for narcissism and power hungryness, meritocracy for nepotism, seniority for age, strength for instability, aristocracy for whatever the predecessor was like and appointment for whatever the people who appoints thinks is valuable. All systems have flaws but we can see some especially bad expressions of them in modern institutions, careful attention to this would be greatly value if only one had power over it. The point on individuals is that you are unusually disagreeable, most people are an expression of their upbringing, knowledge and attempt to fit into wider categories and tow a safe line. Society is very relevant to how a significant portion of people act and just saying you're an individual doesn't change that, it can help them if they are brought into traditions which have a long history due to having use that most people are incapable of foreseeing but it can also add an extra negative pressure if their is social pressure to conform to bad ideas that are being propagandised, whichever way it is always a factor as individualism isn't natural to humans (who are a group animal) but is rather a development of western society and philosophical thought.
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